Tiny pocket parks make a big urban impact
Cities will always draw people to them; like human magnets, they have jobs, homes and facilities in abundance (although sometimes not quite enough to go round). However, with only so…
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Sydney’s seasiders to get their own strata group
Apartment and townhouse residents and owners in Sydney’s eastern suburbs will soon have an opportunity to catch up, exchange information and advice, and maybe even campaign for changes in the…
Poll: What would you cut in your strata budget?
If you had to make cuts in your strata spending, where would the axe fall first? Budgetting is crucially important today with the cost of living going up and inflation…
Superfund looks after its own with rental build
A health workers superannuation fund is tipping $100 million into a new Build To Rent (BTR) complex that will eventually house more than 360 renters and their families. The project…
Tenants freeze in rental power squeeze
The vast majority of renters have spent the past winter living in conditions that were not only too cold for comfort, but were actually unhealthy, according to a new report.…
Forum: Little leeway offered for levy debts
The discussion on whether or not – and when – you should push to get unpaid levels back has generated a lot of interest and it’s worth catching up with…
Podcast: Bankrupting levy debtors is a bad idea
No sooner had we written about how paying levies is often the first thing to go when apartment owners are facing a cost-of-living crisis, than this story pops up on the…
Unit buyers beware – the Qld disease is spreading
The true extent of the price apartment owners pay in Queensland due to its distorted management rights system is becoming apparent. And even more alarming, it looks like the “Queensland…
Podcast: How to upscale your address for less
Flying (almost) solo this week, Jimmy looks at a Sydney Morning Herald story which reveals the posh areas in Sydney where you can upgrade your address without paying the multi-million dollar costs…
Long and short of the Qld caretaker con-trick
We’re giving a fair amount of space to Queensland caretaker management rights at the moment, and that’s for two very good reasons. Firstly there is a multimillion-dollar rort of strata…
Podcast: Contract con tricks and little victories
It’s very much a mixed bag in this week’s podcast, not least because what’s good news for some in property prices is, inevitably, bad news for others. But first, we…
Forum: Strata manager’s seal of disapproval
They say those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. More than 20 years ago, the new building in which I lived was in dispute with…